Pollution control; consent judgments: James Campbell Co. LLC, 34277 [07-3043]

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[Federal Register: June 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 119)]
[Notices]
[Page 34277]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and LIability Act

    Pursuant to Section 122(d)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C.
9622(d)(2), and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed
Consent Decree embodying a settlement in United States v. James
Campbell Company LLC, Civil Action No. 07-00308, was lodged on June 8,
2007, with the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
    In a Complaint filed concurrently with the lodging of the Consent
Decree, the United States alleges that the defendant, James Campbell
Company LLC, currently owns the Del Monte Fresh Produce (Hawaii), Inc.,
site located in Oahu, Hawaii (``Site'') pursuant to Section 107(a)(1)
of CERCLA, owned the Site during the time of disposal of hazardous
substances pursuant to Section 107(a)(2) of CERCLA, and seeks
injunctive relief to require James Campbell Company LLC to remedy the
imminent and substantial endangerment at the Site pursuant to Section
106 of CERCLA. 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607(a)(1), (2).
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, James Campbell Company LLC is
required to implement specified institutional controls that are
consistent with the ongoing remediation of the Site. The Consent
Decree, including Appendices A-C to the Consent Decree, apply varied
institutional controls to the Site. Generally, the Consent Decree
required James Campbell Company LLC to implement institutional controls
that restrict use of land and water to prevent exposure to the
contaminated soil and the perched and basal aquifer groundwater
impacted by Site contaminants; to prevent activities that might
interfere with the effectiveness of the remedy; to restrict use in a
manner that causes a threat to public health; and to make these
restrictions binding on future owners of the property.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-
mailed to pubcomment-ee.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to
United Stated v. James Campbell Company LLC, DOJ Ref. 90-11-3-082771/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 9, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105. During the public
comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the
following Department of Justice website, https://www.usdol.gov/enrd/open.html.
 A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail

from the Consent Decree Library, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box
7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-7611, or by faxing or
e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax
number (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. When
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a
check, payable to the U.S. Treasury, in the amount of $65.75 ($.25 per
page reproduction cost).

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3043 Filed 6-20-07; 8:45 am]

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